Trina is bad with “F**k Boy” and she ain’t taking any of them as prisoners. She takes aim at the superficial , metrosexual and overall corny dude. Check it out as the Miami rap mistress marches to her new album. We know no f**k boys will be supporting this project.
Crooked I aka Kxng Crooked drops a new gem over the same beat that Jay spit over “Dear Summer.” He addresses the SlaughterHouse break up rumors, among other lyrical darts.
Photos via Rihanna & Azealia Bank’s Instagram
Rihanna’s upcoming album ‘Anti’ is on the way. While many are anticipating it’s release, it seems like our favorite controversial female rapper Azealia Banks, isn’t too excited. Allegedly Rihanna reached out to Azealia Banks for a feature once upon a time. Before Banks was removed from an invite only party last week, she named dropped the fact that she was on Rihanna’s album.
A few days ago it seems like Azealia may have shaded Ri Ri and her album a little bit. She seemed a little upset; maybe her features didn’t make the album. Her tweets suggested that someone weeded her out but originally asked for her help before getting intimidated by her sound and style. Azealia went on to say she rather not be contacted to collab if the other party is going to chicken out. One of Azealia’s fans suggested that the other party may have chickened out because of ego; Banks agreed. Was an Azealia Banks feature just want the ‘Anti’ album needed?
Meek Mill has had a pretty rough year. People won’t let the fact that he lost a very public beef, against Drake, die down. A few disses by Drake, a Power Point, and the internet killed this man this year. The Game’s manager @Wack100, who just knocked out Stitches, said he would have to put his money on Drake after seeing Meek work the punching bag. He wrote,
“Just keeping it gangsta, I would have to put my money on @Champagnepapi in a squab. @MeekMill punches ain’t looking to strong.”
Dang Meek. Tighten up.
Photo via Safaree’s Instagram
Safaree recently sat down for an interview with Tim Westwood where he spoke about being friends with Nicki Minaj, and he was asked about Meek Mill’s career. Westwood asked Safaree,
“What’s your attitude towards Meek Milly, who didn’t have a good year in 2015?”
Safaree laughed it off and said,
“I don’t even know who that is.”
Poor Safaree; he’s still not over it. Now Safaree you know very well who Meek is. We wonder if Safaree will ever get that payout he wants from Nicki.
With the OG version featuring Buddy & Chance The Rapper, BJ The Chicago Kid shares an official remix of “Church” featuring his fellow Chicagoans Jeremih & Lil Durk. Cop now on iTunes! New album “In My Mind” coming early 2016.
Listen below.
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Susan Bruguera ordered The Game to pay rival 40 Glocc for assault.
40 Glocc was originally looking to receive $4.5 million from his rival, but the judge said he would get a total of $3,000 in the non-jury trial.
She also found Game guilty of battery. Brugera suggested that 40 Glocc could have gotten more, but he was not completely forthcoming in court.
There is a status conference is set for Jan. 14.
The whole ordeal started after a long-running feud turned physical and was recorded via cell phone in July of 2012. 40 Glocc maintained that the video didn’t reflect that there were guns on him from The Game’s crew. In the suit, he also maintained that his street credibility was damaged after the altercation.
On Instagram, 40 seemed to discuss the case and some users comments by posting a large amount of money.
King Louie is recovering after he was shot in the head in an apparent attempt on his life in his native Chicago.
According to reports, the rapper was awake and talking from Advocate Christ Medical Center in Chicago, where he was recuperating.
Louie was shot yesterday in the Ashburn section of the city while inside his car around 3:30 pm local time. The bullet grazed his head.
King Louie gets credit for creating the term “Chi-Raq” as a nickname for Chicago. He recently dissed Spike Lee’s movie “Chi-Raq”.
For years, Hip Hop heads have complained too much of the culture has become stagnant artistically. I often hear/read rap fans say “everything is the same now, no one’s doing anything original.” Well, Boston-based rapper Michael “M-Dot” Januario is consistently pushing the boundaries of the art form through his innovative music videos.
M-Dot’s latest work is yet another example the former college basketball player approaches his craft in an entirely unique way from his peers. His visuals for “123 Flow” provide viewers more than just a few minutes of an artist performing in front of luxury cars or two-stepping beside scantily clad video vixens. While those type of videos have their appeal, M-Dot chose to provide an interactive 360° experience with his groundbreaking clip directed and edited by Victor Keys.
AllHipHop.com connected with M-Dot via email to get more information on how he and his team put together the avant-garde “123 Flow” vid. Supporters should also be on the lookout for more extraordinary visuals as well as the Own Lane Music representative’s debut LP Ego & The Enemy. The double album will feature production by Hi-Tek, Marley Marl, Buckwild, M-Phazes, Marco Polo, !llmind, Da Beatminerz, 7L, Snowgoons, and more.
How did you come up with the treatment for the “123 Flow” video?
My brother Victor, who has done photography for years, had always been fascinated with capturing panoramic 360° flicks. He’d shoot every angle with a fisheye [lens] then piece it all together for a “my planet” panoramic feel. We’d constantly talk about shooting that same vision in full motion for a music video, but we still needed more equipment and the right editing tools.
Our focus for many years now has been to stray away from filming typical “rap videos”, and this new visual would be the epitome of reaching that goal. I had ideas in the process of making this one and have taken part in co-directing almost every video I’ve released… this, nevertheless, I wanna say was all Victor.
How long did it take to film the entire video?
We shot pretty quick actually. The song isn’t long which shortened the amount of time consumed by retakes. We shot late night at an indoor location in Worcester (that is video 2 coming in the next weeks), then slept 3 hours or so (due to schedules we had a small window), and woke up and shot the outdoor rooftop scenes (warehouse in Worcester area) you see in the video currently out. All and all, probably 4 hours (shooting wise). Quickest visual I’ve shot surprisingly.
What was the most difficult part of finalizing the video?
The plan for releasing. We have had this video pretty much ready for 6 months (similar to “Shine” with Method Man), but we were strategizing how to market it. Facebook, for instance, still doesn’t have the full technology for all mobile devices to view properly. And with YouTube you need to watch it in the YouTube app.
Our fear was people weren’t gonna get the full experience. People often view it flat due to a phone not being updated or not watching it in the right browser. It’s something we wanted to avoid. But we figured we couldn’t wait any longer and just let it loose, as the next objective was to start working towards what we wanted to do next visually rather than being stuck on this.
Your visuals consistently push the boundaries of the art form. How are you going to top an interactive 360° video?
There is something special we are already working on now. I hope it has the same effect. The past 5 videos have all been completely different (animated, 360, zombie, green screen, sans rapping b-roll visual story), and that’s what makes it fun to create (and I hope watch), as it’s not a repetitive cycle.
What can listeners expect on your upcoming Ego & The Enemy project?
I think concepts and stories have become more seldom seen over the years. I definitely feel that albums have had less cohesion as well. I’d hope to bring more of that to the forefront again. The album should have a roller coaster ride – similar to a movie – with a climax, and a dark side (enemy) and a prideful, happy side (ego) all providing an experience.
Nowadays we are sadly in a microwave generation of singles and immediate fixes. I hope people still are willing to digest more than 1 minute at a time and conversely are open to digesting a whole piece of work. Thank y’all so much for having me. I have dug the site forever. Shoutouts to my family… Own Lane Music, EMS, DJ Workshard, and Revalation.
Follow M-Dot on Twitter @MDotBoston and Instagram @mdotboston.
Download/Stream M-Dot’s 2014 Jake LaDOTta mixtape below.
(AllHipHop News) How did attending a charity event turn into a social media comedic feud? That is what happened last night between Maybach Music Group rapper Meek Mill and comedian Michael Blackson. The two entertainers – along with Empire‘s Bryshere “Yazz” Gray – visited with local Philadelphia residents, but the experience ended up including some back-and-forth disses on Instagram.
Blackson started the roasting session by referencing Drake’s “Back To Back” diss track against Meek in the caption of one of his IG pics. He wrote, “Home. In Philly giving back to the elderly with Cookie’s son and Twitter fingers.”
Meek fired back on his page by clowning Blackson’s shoes and suggesting he was a C-list celebrity. His photo included the words, “We doing charity but we need to help him get some real Gucci sneaks! None of the kids knew who he wasssss! Lol what are thooooosssseeeee!”
Blackson returned to Instagram to provide proof his footwear was not fake. He also took another shot at Meek by posting a tweet that read, “He roasted me immediately, but took days to reply to that light skin n*gga [Drake].”
The Ghanaian born stand up comic ended his messages to Meek by adding another tweet that claimed he has canceled all of his shows in Philly and hired 78 additional bodyguards. They both eventually dropped the tongue-in-cheek rivalry and began to highlight their respective charity work.
Check out Meek Mill and Michael Blackson’s Instagram posts in the gallery below.
Alpakka Music is making a statement in 2016 with the next generation of Hip Hop from Uptown. The lead artist off the label, RudeBoy Dinero smacks a heavy blow to emcees with his version of the Young Thug track aptly called “Flow”. Be on the lookout for the new project “Straight Hitz, No Misses” dropping 1st Quarter, 2016.
Watch below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAOSq-KfkFI
(AllHipHop News) Biting has always been one of the deadly sins of Hip Hop, but the practice of copying someone else’s style has become common place in recent years. And it’s not just emcees dealing with being bitten by others. Producers have faced the same problem.
DJ Smallz caught up with producer Young Chop (Chief Keef’s “I Don’t Like,” Big Sean’s “Mula”). The Chicago representative complained about people jacking his sound, and he claimed he has lost a lot of money from the alleged musical theft.
“Y’all n*ggas trying to take my f*cking food. I lost a lot of money cause n*ggas wanted to sound like me, and I wasn’t going for nothing lesser than what I was talking about,” said Chop. “[I’ve lost] hundreds of thousands [of dollars] probably. I see all this sh*t on the internet, ‘Young Chop’s style this. Young Chop’s beat that.’ That’s crazy to me.”
Watch Young Chop’s interview below.
(AllHipHop News) It appears Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson’s online feud with William “Rick Ross” Roberts could be headed to a courtroom. The Queens mogul has filed a lawsuit against his rival. According to reports, 50 is seeking $2 million from Ross’ over the use of his song “In Da Club” without permission.
Ross rapped over the beat for the 2003 megahit for his 2-disc #RenzelRemixes mixtape. The project also featured the MMG boss creating his own versions of Future’s “Where Ya At,” Post Malone’s “White Iverson,” Adele’s “Hello,” and more.
“50 Cent’s most valuable asset is the name and reputation he has painstakingly built through his Grammy-winning music, acting, and business endeavors,” said 50’s attorney Paul LiCalsi. “He chooses his projects carefully for the very purpose of protecting that name and reputation.”
While the two performers have had bad blood dating back to the last decade, this lawsuit is somewhat surprising. Rappers have long used other artist’s tracks on their noncommercial projects, and #RenzelRemixes was available for free download.
However, the legal issue could be centered around the fact that Ross included 50’s actual vocals on his “In Da Club” remix. In addition, the suit states Rozay’s version is “a blatant commercial advertisement for [Ross’ latest LP] Black Market.”
Earlier this year, 50 filed a separate lawsuit against Ross. In that case, the G-Unit boss attempted to blame Ross for a sex tape of the Miami native’s ex-girlfriend leaking online. 50 was ordered to pay $5 million and an additional $2 million to Lastonia Leviston for his part in the explicit video becoming public. Last year, he also lost a $16 million lawsuit to Sleek Audio.
(AllHipHop News) Lil Kim has dropped some club bangers during her career. The female rap icon’s discography includes the classic cuts “Crush On You” and “The Jump Off.” But what songs from 2015 had the Queen Bee hyped?
While speaking with AllHipHop.com at the Growing Up Hip Hop premiere in New York, Kim listed a few of her favorite “turn up” tracks from this year. She named a Drake/Future collaboration, the latest offering from Omarion, and Travis Scott’s Top 20 single.
“I have a lot of them. ‘Jumpman’ by Future and Drake. I like Omarion’s new song ‘I’m Up.’ Travis Scott’s [‘Antidote’],” stated Lil Kim.
The Brooklyn native recently revealed plans to release her next album in 2016. However, Kim is not ready to share an official release date.
“Next year, I will definitely be putting out new music. I’m not going to announce a date for the album yet,” Kim added.
Watch Lil Kim’s interview below.
(AllHipHop News) Romeo Miller is a very busy man. The 26-year-old entertainer is part of the cast of two reality shows – Master P’s Family Empire and Growing Up Hip Hop. Romeo is also set to star in several upcoming films.
AllHipHop.com spoke with Romeo on the red carpet at the premiere for Growing Up Hip Hop. The creator of the forthcoming Fighting Monsters album spoke about his turn in the third installment of the Jarhead film series.
“I just got the lead role in seven films. I got Jarhead 3 coming next year,” Romeo announced. “We’ve been keeping that under wraps. I’m the lead in the new Jarhead.”
After appearing in previous movies such as Jumping The Broom and Madea’s Witness Protection, Romeo is also slated for the 2016 horror flick Little Dead Rotting Hood. A comic series is in the works as well.
Even with all of his individual success, Romeo still remains close with his Southern rap legend father Master P. But according to the younger Miller, the “Make ‘Em Say Uhh!” rhymer does not view his children as his friends. It is strictly a father-son relationship.
“My pop’s main rule is he’s our parent, he’s not our friend,” revealed Romeo. “We don’t even talk about dating. I’ve probably talked about girls with my pops maybe once or twice.”
Romeo Miller’s Fighting Monsters is scheduled for release on January 7. Growing Up Hip Hop premieres January 7 at 10 PM on We tv. Master P’s Family Empire airs Saturdays at 8 PM on Reelz.
Watch Romeo Miller’s interview below.
With another home intruder popping up at his doorstep, we could only assume that Chris isn’t going to be in the best of spirits today. After he took to Twitter to let out some emotions I’d say it’s safe to move from assumptions to sympathy because Brown is definitely not having a good day.
The “Little More” singer started posting tweet after tweet calling out to his true fans to support him through the criticism and demanding his deserved respect as an artist. See the tweets below:
TEAM BREEZY! I'm counting on you all to change the world. I appreciate the real fans.
— Chris Brown (@chrisbrown) December 23, 2015
If I fail on my own I can can learn from that. I will not allow someone else to dictate my faith in God. Believe in yourself
— Chris Brown (@chrisbrown) December 23, 2015
https://twitter.com/chrisbrown/status/679618993213145088
https://twitter.com/chrisbrown/status/679619417391534084
https://twitter.com/chrisbrown/status/679620985562087424
Could this have something to do with Complex calling his new album Royalty a “directionless mess” yesterday? If so, no worries Breezy, your fans are in your corner!
ILoveMakonnen was been a huge break out artist in 2014 thanks to a collab with the 6ix God himself Drake on their infectious joint, “Tuesday.” With the recent release of his EP ILOVEMAKONNEN 2 and the impending drop of his upcoming studio album, the Atlanta artist is preparing for a whole new world of success.
In a recent interview with Papermag, Makonnen opened up about how he feels about the state of the music industry, the mentality of other artists and this generation along with where exactly he gets his inspiration from. Most importantly, he also let out a little gem that he has recently wrapped up in the studio with Kanye West, David Guetta and the legendary Rick Rubin.
With production like that this new project is bound to be a work of magic.
Read the rest of the interview here.
Its been an epic year for Kendrick. While his music was the soundtrack for protest amidst a wave of hate crimes by police against minorities, he’s still not done putting on for the youth. After being recognized by the Grammy’s for 11 nominations this year, Kendrick celebrates the nominations in a new video. Yes, this year is a far cry from losing to Macklemore last year in controversial fashion last year, but at the end of the day, its not even about that. This is about the “Hard Work” that Kendrick put in to get there and inspiring others to strive to do the same. Check it out below:
Dave East flips the Weeknd’s banger, “Tell Your Friends,” for another one of his banger freestyles and remixes. This time the remix is that rapid fire street story, that only the coldest could spit. This Harlem native is slowly working his way to the top. Nice choice for an instrumental though.
(AllHipHop News) According to sources, Chicago rapper Louis “King Louie” Johnson was shot in the head in Chicago around 3:30 pm today. The “B.O.N” rhymer is said to be in stable condition at Advocate Christ Medical Center. The Kanye West, Chief Keef, and Lil Bibby collaborator is apparently awake and talking.
AllHipHop.com will update this article as more information becomes available.
Listen to the police scanner audio of the incident below.